[09.16.05] Changes have been made to BACKSTAB as follows:
- The cooldown timer before another backstab attempt can be made has been
increased significantly.
- Charisma training now allows faster cooldown recovery.
- Backstab will now teach stealth nskill (very well).
- Experience gained for using backstab has been increased significantly.
- Successful backstabs will now stun the target for a minimum of 24 seconds
every time._________________"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

any reason for such a huge stun time? i thought, with paralysis getting an eventual tweak (i think, right?), we didn't want ultra-long stuns since then it boils down to who stuns who first in combat._________________A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death.

Backstab is set up so that it can't be used often. At best, maybe once a minute, in a room with only the two people present. With a crowd, the cooldown gets longer. Also, this cooldown timer is applied even if the backstab misses.

So it's not a move one can use regularly. Definitely something that can be used to open a fight up, but if you miss, it's done for a while, and even if you hit, you can't redo it for a while. Choose to use it in a crowded area and you really can't use it for a while._________________"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

ah, makes sense. fair enough. _________________A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death.